Two memes for the price of one
The Fanfic-Writer's Meme
I'm just doing Bleach fics for this one, since they're about all I've written for the last couple years.
1. Which is your favorite fic?
Undertow. It was a tough subject with a difficult goal: could I make adultery sympathetic without justifying it? I think I did. The writing is some of my best, because I was just in that zone where it's flowing and the only reason I didn't finish it faster was because I couldn't type fast enough. It's a rare thing. And if I may be egotistical for a moment, I think I fucking nailed how a romantic relationship could've actually happened between Kaien and Rukia.
2. Which is your best-received fic?
Possibly Undertow for the depth of sincerity and emotion in comments, but in volume, it'd have to be Setting Sun, Rising Moon, because it was a romantic, angsty, melodramatic fic and that always attracts people. Plus it's common sense that a serialized 12-part fic will get more comments.
3. Which is your worst-received fic?
Blood Roses, probably because Hinamori-centric character introspection doesn't exactly light the world on fire. And I don't think it was that good, so I don't really mind.
4. Which is your angsty-est fic?
All We Know of Heaven, because despair was the name of the game for a lot of the people surrounding Renji and Rukia in their formative years. We know that they eventually get out all right, but I wanted to play with that sense of trapped frustration that they'd have felt at the time.
5. Which is your funniest fic?
It's a little rougher because I'm improved since I wrote it, but probably Hair of the Dog. When is drunk Renji ever a bad thing?
6. Smuttiest?
In the Midnight Hour, as it's my only PWP in Bleach. I don't think it's my sexiest, though. (In Trigun, it's probably Daily Special, in which Vash and Meryl have sex on top of a bar.)
7. Fluffiest?
Hush Little Baby, in which Ichigo plays reluctant father to Nell back in the living world. Fluff doesn't always have to mean romance!
8. Have you ever made someone cry with a fic?
I'm told I have. I think a few people mentioned it in comments to Undertow. I consider it a badge of honor.
9. Which fic frustrates you the most?
After School Special. It's not awful, but the comedy could have been a lot sharper, and I wanted to produce something better for sophiap since it was an exchange.
10. Which fic was the most fun to write?
Undertow for that feeling of being in the zone I mentioned, Setting Sun, Rising Moon for the extended plotting process, and Notes on a High School Scandal because getting to write pre-Soul Society Arc Ichigo and Rukia was really refreshing.
11. Who is your favorite OC you've ever created?
Of unposted fics, Yoshi the tipsy priest in (tentative title) A Less Perfect Union. Of posted fics, Yuko, Ichigo's live-in girlfriend from Setting Sun, Rising Moon. She was awesome, but I ended up not being able to show that due to the constraints of the flashbacks I went with.
12. Are you better at oneshot or mulitpart?
Oneshot. Oneshot oneshot oneshot. I'm better at sprinting, not distance running.
13. What character do you think you're the best at portraying?
Mmmmmrukia? I know I'm fairly comfortable writing her.
14. What character is the most difficult to portray?
Chad, because while I think I get his character pretty well, getting his voice down is harder, whether it's dialogue or POV. Orihime is even harder for me, but that's why I avoid the problem by not writing her much at all.
Tagged: scathachdhu, donna_c_punk, sophiap, tenebris and hallowd (unless you don't wanna, in which case ignore this.)
I also left a comment in startramp's 7 interests meme, so:
two-fisted monkey style
I don't remember where I first heard this expression, and I don't know what it means, but I find it hilarious anyway.
nac mac feegle
ACH! CRIVENS! NAC MAC FEEGLE! These little blue guys are like violent Scottish smurfs from Terry Pratchett's Discworld. Technically they're pixies (or, "pictsies"), but they're not your average army of fairies.
quincy archer hates you
The title for one of Ishida Uryuu's introductory chapters in Bleach as well as the name of his cover volume. Good for paraphrasing, parodying, and generally twisting about for mockery. One of my favorite Bleach chapter titles, possibly even beating out "Nice to meet you/I will beat you." Bonus hilarity comes from watching people realize his name is not actually Quincy Archer.
positively reinforcing sociopathic traits
I don't remember which wank it was, but someone accused Fandom Wank members of reinforcing sociopathetic traits or something, and people took it and ran with it.
characters named spike
Spike the Cowboy Bebop lead = awesome. Spike the vampire = awesome when not written by Marti Noxon. Spike my Trigun avatar that Becky created for me = awesome. And I just like the name.
throwing controllers at walls
It's not so much that I like throwing the controllers as it is I like playing video games, which ineevitably leads to throwing the controllers.
tiny guns
Trigun's Meryl Strife carries 50 little derringers in her cape. HOW CAN YOU NOT LOVE THEM, AND HER?
I'm just doing Bleach fics for this one, since they're about all I've written for the last couple years.
1. Which is your favorite fic?
Undertow. It was a tough subject with a difficult goal: could I make adultery sympathetic without justifying it? I think I did. The writing is some of my best, because I was just in that zone where it's flowing and the only reason I didn't finish it faster was because I couldn't type fast enough. It's a rare thing. And if I may be egotistical for a moment, I think I fucking nailed how a romantic relationship could've actually happened between Kaien and Rukia.
2. Which is your best-received fic?
Possibly Undertow for the depth of sincerity and emotion in comments, but in volume, it'd have to be Setting Sun, Rising Moon, because it was a romantic, angsty, melodramatic fic and that always attracts people. Plus it's common sense that a serialized 12-part fic will get more comments.
3. Which is your worst-received fic?
Blood Roses, probably because Hinamori-centric character introspection doesn't exactly light the world on fire. And I don't think it was that good, so I don't really mind.
4. Which is your angsty-est fic?
All We Know of Heaven, because despair was the name of the game for a lot of the people surrounding Renji and Rukia in their formative years. We know that they eventually get out all right, but I wanted to play with that sense of trapped frustration that they'd have felt at the time.
5. Which is your funniest fic?
It's a little rougher because I'm improved since I wrote it, but probably Hair of the Dog. When is drunk Renji ever a bad thing?
6. Smuttiest?
In the Midnight Hour, as it's my only PWP in Bleach. I don't think it's my sexiest, though. (In Trigun, it's probably Daily Special, in which Vash and Meryl have sex on top of a bar.)
7. Fluffiest?
Hush Little Baby, in which Ichigo plays reluctant father to Nell back in the living world. Fluff doesn't always have to mean romance!
8. Have you ever made someone cry with a fic?
I'm told I have. I think a few people mentioned it in comments to Undertow. I consider it a badge of honor.
9. Which fic frustrates you the most?
After School Special. It's not awful, but the comedy could have been a lot sharper, and I wanted to produce something better for sophiap since it was an exchange.
10. Which fic was the most fun to write?
Undertow for that feeling of being in the zone I mentioned, Setting Sun, Rising Moon for the extended plotting process, and Notes on a High School Scandal because getting to write pre-Soul Society Arc Ichigo and Rukia was really refreshing.
11. Who is your favorite OC you've ever created?
Of unposted fics, Yoshi the tipsy priest in (tentative title) A Less Perfect Union. Of posted fics, Yuko, Ichigo's live-in girlfriend from Setting Sun, Rising Moon. She was awesome, but I ended up not being able to show that due to the constraints of the flashbacks I went with.
12. Are you better at oneshot or mulitpart?
Oneshot. Oneshot oneshot oneshot. I'm better at sprinting, not distance running.
13. What character do you think you're the best at portraying?
Mmmmmrukia? I know I'm fairly comfortable writing her.
14. What character is the most difficult to portray?
Chad, because while I think I get his character pretty well, getting his voice down is harder, whether it's dialogue or POV. Orihime is even harder for me, but that's why I avoid the problem by not writing her much at all.
Tagged: scathachdhu, donna_c_punk, sophiap, tenebris and hallowd (unless you don't wanna, in which case ignore this.)
I also left a comment in startramp's 7 interests meme, so:
two-fisted monkey style
I don't remember where I first heard this expression, and I don't know what it means, but I find it hilarious anyway.
nac mac feegle
ACH! CRIVENS! NAC MAC FEEGLE! These little blue guys are like violent Scottish smurfs from Terry Pratchett's Discworld. Technically they're pixies (or, "pictsies"), but they're not your average army of fairies.
quincy archer hates you
The title for one of Ishida Uryuu's introductory chapters in Bleach as well as the name of his cover volume. Good for paraphrasing, parodying, and generally twisting about for mockery. One of my favorite Bleach chapter titles, possibly even beating out "Nice to meet you/I will beat you." Bonus hilarity comes from watching people realize his name is not actually Quincy Archer.
positively reinforcing sociopathic traits
I don't remember which wank it was, but someone accused Fandom Wank members of reinforcing sociopathetic traits or something, and people took it and ran with it.
characters named spike
Spike the Cowboy Bebop lead = awesome. Spike the vampire = awesome when not written by Marti Noxon. Spike my Trigun avatar that Becky created for me = awesome. And I just like the name.
throwing controllers at walls
It's not so much that I like throwing the controllers as it is I like playing video games, which ineevitably leads to throwing the controllers.
tiny guns
Trigun's Meryl Strife carries 50 little derringers in her cape. HOW CAN YOU NOT LOVE THEM, AND HER?